Indonesia president visits quake survivors, vows to rebuild
TRINGGADING, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia&apos;s president traveled Friday to areas of Aceh province devastated by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake, as estimates of the number of displaced people swelled, and vowed that torn-apart communities would be rebuilt....

John Glenn, astronaut and US Senator, dies at 95
WASHINGTON (AP) -- He became a hero as the first American to orbit the Earth and then served as a longtime U.S. senator. But John Glenn, who died Thursday at age 95, continued to defy gravity decades after his initial flight....

John Glenn, the 1st American to orbit Earth, dies at age 95
WASHINGTON (AP) -- John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died Thursday. The last survivor of the original Mercury 7 astronauts was 95....

AP WAS THERE: John Glenn blasts off into orbit around Earth
John Glenn, who died Thursday at age 95, was lauded as a hero of the American space program on Feb. 20, 1962, when he became the nation&apos;s first astronaut to orbit the earth. The accomplishment galvanized Americans and evened up the space race with the Soviets. In sometimes fanciful language, The Associated Press reported on the liftoff that took Glenn &quot;towards his intended rendezvous with the stars.&quot; The AP is republishing excerpts of its original coverage....